SHREWSBURY

There are Four Trails running on from one another therefore you can actually start at any of the pubs and move on the number you wish. The complete trail will start at the railway station and return there at the end.

First Section - to the Welsh bridge and river (blue icons)

Second - Into the town

Third - Down to the English Bridge

Fourth - returning to the Station

Section 4 can start at The Lion Hotel from section 3

Section 4 - Return to the station

Continue walking up the hill from the Nag's Head and start this trail at The Lion Hotel. Cross over and walk up the street opposite where, on the left-hand side, is Cromwell's Wine bar.

Further up is Darwin's Kitchen & bar (was keep walking up hill and here at the next corner round to the left is The Loggerheads. Walk along this short street and turn right. Follow the curve, at the church, round and down to the right is The Bull Inn. Return to The Loggerheads (have another one).

Walk back to the road you came up and diagonally opposite the corner across the church yard there is Yorkshire House.

Walk down the hill past Shrewsbury Castle and as the station comes into sight there is The Vaults followed by The Bull's Head

The Lion Hotel

Real Ale :  Butty Bach (Wye); Shropshire Lad (Wood’s); Shropshire Gold

Bitter:  Tetley’s Smoothflow

Lager: Carlsberg

Cider                     Guinness

Cromwell’s Wine Bar is a modern bar and is now called Cromwell’s Inn, which makes more sense as it was a lovely bar with beer garden, in an old building. The servery is small and the room is split into two. The nearer right-hand side has some dining tables and a comfy bit for waiting on a table. The further end is definitely set out for dining. Beyond this, outside and up a few stairs is a large patio which in turn leads to a further patio, up more steps, going back over the building. The inside is is pleasant and atmospheric.

Have a half pint here.

Real Ale :    Three Tuns Pale Ale; HPA –Hereford pale Ale (Wye)

Lager:         Urquell;   Becks;  Peroni; Stella

Cider:                             Guinness

This report is for PorterHouse, which is now called now called Darwin's Kitchen & Bar is still a smart upmarket food place – a bar-kitchen. There are two rooms. The main one has the servery with seating on stools around the window and tall tables closer to the bar. There are dining tables further on in the opened up room. There is a second dining area, in a conservatory, through to the left. This has a small outside seating space (smoking area) which leads to the street by the front door. The boutique b & b has 4 rooms.

Have a half pint here

Real Ale: Oracle; Shrewsbury Gold

Bitter:      DNA (Wells)

Lager:      Peroni; Kozel

Cider       Thatcher Gold                

Guinness

The Loggerheads (Marston’s) is an old four roomed pub. The left-hand door takes you to a choice of doors with a sigh pointing to the door on the right “bar”. Enter here to find a very small bar. The door opens in and a three-seater padded bench is against the outside wall. Look around the door and another is against the wall end at the bar. That sets out the dimensions of the room. A fireplace juts out from the opposite wall.  The servery, at the rear “stretches” the width of the room.

The left wall of the servery has a hatch to serve into the corridor which would have been straight on from the entrance. Off of the corridor are two rooms – a smoke and a snug. The right-hand side of the servery also has a hatch which looks into a lounge. A passage behind the bar connects the lounge to the other rooms and toilets. Folk music nights and food during the day.

regular in Good Beer Guide, including 2023, 2024

Have a pint or two here.

Real Ale :          Cocker Hoop; Sneck Lifter; Banks’s Bitter; Pedigree; Dark Mild (Jennings); Sunbeam; EPA (Marstons)

Lager:               Fosters; Carling; Carlsberg

Cider:                Strongbow            Guinness

The Bull Inn (Marston’s) entrance takes you to a large room, with some tables it is mainly a standing area, with the servery at the far end. Going round to the right of this the pub opens into another room with table seating. This room then extends, and narrows, going to the rear of the pub. This also leads to a beer garden. There is outside seating at the front as well.

Have one here

Real ale:   Banks’s Bitter;  Hobgoblin; Bloomin Marvellous;     Canadian Red

Lager:       Carling; Peroni;  Budweisser;  San Miguel

Cider:        Stowford press                                             Guinness

Yorkshire House is a two roomed dark rock music drinking pub. The walls are Iron Maiden colouring and decorated with names of heavy metal bands. Full sized models of a wizard and a space warrior decorate the space to the left of the door. The servery is just inside the door to the left with a large sitting room to the right and a similar one through at the other side of the bar.

Have a pint here.

Real Ale:        HAP (Wye Valley); Mad Goose (Purity); Trooper (Robinsons)

Lager:            Carling; Coors Light; Stella

Cider:             Old Rosie; Stowford press; Strongbow                          Guinness

The Vaults, now The Castle Vaults, entrance takes you to large room with variety of seating. The large servery is down a few stairs to the left. A music. Live and DJ venue. There is an attractive roof terrace.

Real Ale Guide (CAMRA) 2015

Have a  pint here

Real Ale: Town Crier (Hobsons); Three Tuns Pale Ale; Shropshire Giold; Butty Bach

Bitter:

Lager:  Carling; Holster Vier; Stella

Cider:    Strongbow                          Guinness

The Bull’s Head (Marston’s) has a square shaped servery serving the bar at the entrance.  There are some seats by the window then a fireplace wall leading around the bar to pool area. There is a warning that leaning on fire could be dangerous! A larger lounge is round to the right via a narrow space between bar and wall.

Have a half pint

Real Ale:     Pedigree; Banks’s Bitter

Bitter:           Mansfield Smoothflow

Lager:         Stella; Carlsberg

Cider:         Thatcher's Gold;    Strongbow    Guinness